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A week has passed since Jang received the rumor from Mr. Yoo, the laborer.

“Owner! Here, give me three chicken bean noodles!”

“Owner! Over here is Gyeongjang Yuksa! And a bottle of wine!”

“Yes, yes, here we go!”

It’s been a week since I started writing Geummyeongwol Daily Life, which I haven’t missed even for a day, but Jang’s daily life has gone on without any change.

However, there was a small change.

“Geummyeongwol Daehyup…”

“The raincoat…”

Even while I was working, if a rumor about Geum Myeong-wol passed by my ears, I would stop and listen without realizing it or join in on the customer’s conversation, but now I just calmly let it go to one ear.

After a day that was nothing short of a war with the guests from dawn to dusk, Jang placed his butt on the chair after seeing that most of the drunk dinner guests had gone up to their rooms.

“Phew.”

Just as I was barely able to take a break, a human shadow appeared at the entrance of the guesthouse.

I have bad luck today as I have another guest at this late hour.

“Oh my, welcome.”

Even though he was grumbling inwardly, Jang raised his heavy body with a business smile on his face and realized that the person who had come to the guesthouse was not a customer, but the bookstore owner, Wang Il.

Only then did Jang remember that he and Wang Il had not been seen for a week and felt like it was a mistake.

They were Wang Il and Jang, who met every day or two to discuss Geummyeongwol. Wang Il must have been concerned that such a person suddenly stopped walking for more than a week.

Jang thought things went well.

Since Wang Il had already walked over to the guesthouse, wouldn’t it be a perfect opportunity to have a drink and tell him that it would be difficult to hang out with him from now on?

Wang Il confirmed his calm mind once more and made up his mind.

Can a guesthouse owner be free from rumors and gossip? Regardless of his will, the guests at the hotel continued to spread rumors about Geummyeongwol.

However, since those rumors about Geum Myeong-wol did not cause trouble in Wang Il’s mind, Wang Il decided that he had completely put his feelings towards Geum Myeong-wol in order.

Isn’t this the Myeonggyeong index that martial artists talk about?

“You! Did you hear the news?”

And Jang’s famous scenery index is like that.

“Are you talking about the rumors about Geummyeongwol Daehyup? I’m always listening. Rather, I have something to say to you.”

“The news is that Geummyeongwol Daehyup is none other than the Jeomchang faction’s Okrong Credit Hyeop, Hyuk Kirin!”

“Mmmyaaa!!”

It was blown to pieces in front of the real bomb planned by Ho Cheon-an and planted by Dokgo Yeong-cheon.

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A reaction to the rumors spreading from Dark Dragon Gate.

Where should we go to see the reaction?

The answer to this question was decided from the moment I decided to make Hyeok Kirin a noble warrior.

It was a bookstore.

Rumors cannot contain much information and lack detail. And above all, as time passes, the content easily deteriorates or disappears.

Therefore, I asked Wi Seo-ryeon and Dang Do-yeon to tell Hyuk Kirin’s daily life little by little over time.

So that the daily stories told by the two can be compiled into a book.

Then why did I act like that?

This was because they hoped that people with extraordinary interest in Geummyeongwol would gather in one place.

Books are expensive.

High-quality books are close to being valuable, and even low-quality books boast a price that makes it difficult to buy them on impulse.

So, it means that those who purchased Geummyeongwol’s daily life collection are people who want to own Geummyeongwol’s daily records even if it means spending money.

These people are already very interested in Geummyeongwol. What would happen if such people read books and obtained detailed and accurate information?

Once you know it, it’s human nature to want to talk, so you’ll find people who can soothe that itchy mouth.

And those who purchased books at bookstores were able to find speakers without difficulty.

Those who are reading Geummyeongwol Daily Life in front of a bookstore or in a coffee shop near the bookstore.

Well, it was a long story, but to summarize it in modern terms, it was a simple story.

By creating Geummyeongwol goods, fans with deep fan spirit were encouraged to gather in front of the bookstore and form a fandom.

And now, on the platform in front of the bookstore, the base of such fandom, a fierce argument was taking place between fans.

“Geummyeongwol Daehyup is a man! This makes perfect sense!”

The man with the red beard, whose face was as red as a scarlet, shouted, probably because he was a fan of Geum Myeongwol.

“Hmph, what else doesn’t make sense!”

And the one who stood up to such a large man without losing was a thin man with a goatee.

“Is there anyone in the world today who does not know the appearance of Jinmyeongwol? But those who have seen Hyeok Kirin of the Jade Dragon Credit Union say he has the same appearance as Geum Myeong-wol!”

“There may be at least one person with the same face in this vast world!”

In response to Banditbeard’s protest, Goatbeard snorted and opened his mouth.

“Ha! Maybe! But do you know when Hyuk Kirin last appeared? It’s been quite a few years. Years! Even if it is true that they entered the closed building to dissolve the elixir given to them by the imperial family, isn’t that too long?”

Goatbeard gained momentum and continued speaking.

“Closed? It’s important. But isn’t it strange that even when the religious upheaval broke out, they continued to practice the closed pipe? Even in a crisis situation where all the capabilities of the sect should be mobilized, a person with the title of high priest did not even show his nose. I think the theory that he became Geummyeongwol and fought against the blood religion’s Jun-dong is more understandable!”

As soon as Goatbeard finished speaking, the fans gathered in front of the bookstore became depressed.

Well, I guess so.

Quite a few of those gathered here must have felt the charm of Geum Myeong-wol because she was a ‘woman’ with a cute appearance.

Think about it.

The female idol or celebrity you were obsessed with was actually a man? It was a terrible thing to even imagine, or rather, I couldn’t even imagine what I would have thought.

Of course, they would not have been so severely shocked.

Geum Myeong-wol’s current identity is not that of a celebrity or an idol, but that of a martial arts warrior and a hero who saved the world.

Of course, that’s what they say, but it’s enough to make you feel a deep sense of betrayal.

“Admit it! Geum Myeong-wol was a swindler of the world!”

Like the man with the goatee who has turned black and looks like a man.

“You’re a fraud! You talk so well with your mouth open!”

Suddenly, a grabbing attack broke out. The front of the bookstore quickly became a place of chaos with the two people entangled and those who came out to stop them.

Things like this are probably happening all over the world right now.

“…Senior, do you know that you are smiling so evilly right now?”

The black cat who came with me to check out the atmosphere of the scene asked incredulously.

Wow, I was so satisfied that I smiled.

“I wonder what it would be like to hit people who truly like Hyuk Kirin on the back of the head so hard and then laugh…”

“Uh-huh! The back of your head. Please express it as a desperate measure to alleviate the shock.”

“Yes, yes.”

Although the black cat ignored my words half-heartedly, it was a necessary action in the current situation.

The Hyuk Kirin they loved was actually a man! Geum Myeong-wol’s true identity and connections were relatively left in the background due to the shock of this fact.

Compared to that magical effect, wouldn’t it be a minor thing to be mistaken for a moment that Hyeok Kirin was a man? I haven’t really become a man, it’s just a temporary illusion.

Even if they give you a disease, if you give them medicine and it gets better, that’s it.

“Will there be a scar in my heart?”

“It’s okay because I can’t see anything like that.”

I felt the black cat’s lukewarm gaze, but I deliberately ignored it and turned my head toward the bookstore.

“You guys, calm down! There is no guarantee that Sojeo Geum Myeong-wol is Hyuk Kirin!”

“That’s right! Anyway, there is no change in the fact that Sojeo Geum Myeong-wol is the hero of the martial arts who prevented the blood cult!”

“Geummyeongwol Sojeo is a woman! That means he’s not a man!”

“Hahaha! Do you still call Geum Myeong-wol that person Sojeo? Hahaha!”

As I looked at them, the worries I had on the coach seat on the way to Luoyang came back to me.

I met Hyeok Kirin, a martial arts crossdresser. And after that, he experienced Princess Yuya, the second-in-command of the empire, and Yeohyeop, who used the pseudonyms of Hwang So-wol and Jin Myeong-wol.

then.

Among them, which name does he use and which role does he really play?

No, is it okay for me to define Hyuk Kirin as Hyuk Kirin? In fact, Hyuk Kirin may consider herself closer to Princess Yuya, and may even think that she wants to become Hawwol.

For Hyeok Kirin, who has many positions and roles, what is happiness and what is a problem that needs to be solved?

I had such concerns, and they were sure to have similar concerns as me.

Geum Myeong-wol was not Geum Myeong-wol, but Hyeok Kirin?

So what is Geummyeongwol that I liked?

What is the aspect of Geum Myeong-wol that they like and are passionate about?

Wulin hero? Local pride? Warm daily life? Sozer? Either that or Seogong? Or a side I didn’t expect?

Some people will have a clear answer, but most will not.

Just as most of the fans who were listening to the war of words between the bandit beard who believed in Geummyeongwol and the blackened goatee just looked confused.

They still didn’t have an answer.

Even though I received shocking news that Geum Myeong-wol is Hyeok Kirin and may even be a man.

So what can you do?

I need to shock you again.

“Let’s go. It’s a black cat. I have to prepare for the next operation soon.”

“Yes. If even the tip of this matter leaks out, your senior might be stoned to death, so we have to do it thoroughly.”

I took my gaze away from the bookstore and glanced towards Yunnan.

In the end, Dokgo Yeongcheon stabbed me in the back. Well, of course, I was the one who believed in and took into account his outstanding sectarian personality and made a plan, but I still ended up getting stabbed in the back.

So, isn’t this a law that cannot just be overlooked?

Let’s take a ride on the poop rope, father-in-law (Jin).

“You said let’s go?”

“Okay, here we go.”

I took a step forward at the urging of the black cat.